Well I'm back !!!!......Hi Shane !...
Who could i been thinking of all of this time?...Shane !.
We headed yesterday to the meeting point in Cd. Acuņa, very eager to head there. Once, we got there a couple of friends i had meet before, were introduced to my friend Jose. They were gathering over to our Diesel Blazer, because it is kind of rare to see one, now a days. This was a swap job, since my friend Jose had installed it from a Chevy Suburban, along all the fuel lines and diesel connections to make it a clean swap.
While we were waiting for the rest of the crowd, other fellas were aopproching us , asking more questions about the vehicle and gladly enough we were answering them and in a way, sparking the interest to the diesel engines.
Well, the time to go and move out had come upon us. Everybody was ready to hit the trails in Serrania del Burro, equipment double and triple checked, water and oil levels in the vehicle checked,the driver checked, the copilot checked, all the drive train checked , we zinched our Sierra hats, this time were not tilley hats and we hit the key. The engine started revving up and we were ready to pullback to get in to the vehicle line and check in to get our vehicle number to report over to the trail master thru the CB Radio...then all of a sudden the engine quits on us. Startled, we hit it again revs up and starts to gargle and quits on us, i saw my buddy's face and i did not like what i saw, he said: Uh oh !!!........instant memories come to life, from the last trail I did, i Go shaking my head: Uh oh what?, I knew it was trouble.
We got off, checked everything. The good thing about old mechanical diesel engines is that they are very easy to check any probable causes for vehicle malfunctions and having some stints on my bag, I started to mess with it. One the guys from Acuņa has a fleet of personnel buses, so he called in his diesel mechainc as well...he rushed into his gas station.
He started asking questions about what happened to the engine and what had he been done when he installed the engine on it. He started checking all the lines from tha tank up to the Diesel injection pump...sure there were some leaks and that was getting air bubbles in to the system, we clogged them all, cut the excessive lines , made dead sure that the diesel was flowing up to the connection of the pump and revved it again, it started to jump trying to start once again, and leave...but our efforts were not good enough. The fuel lines going in to each of the cylinders were empty, I knew we were done for. That would imply a minimum of 6 hours job time at the work shop.
With all the pain in my heart, i had to wave them off...since they were not going anywhere with out us, I insisted they do the trip and take lost of pictures for us, they were also sad about us, but i had to dragged them to their vehicles and pushed them off, we said our good byes and they went off.
We called some employees to come and pick us up with a trailer, there was nothing else to do but wait, chatted all the time about many adventures and how we came in to this hobby we both love and time passed so swiftly..ha!, we even thought of setting camp at the gas station adn sleep there...it was a laugh!
...we were enjoying our company,given what we have missed.
The guys came in, picked us up and we left for Piedras Negras, sadly to our homes and thinking positvely about what had happened and with a promise to tackle it back again as soon as both vehicles were ready to go out for try outs. My rig is going to be ready this Monday, and his balzer should be ready no later than Thursday or Friday, so we should do maybe Lake Amistad or some park here in Mexico and report back on some adventure for all of you to read.
So, friends i ma here agaian,
...getting back to work and waiting for out time to present once again for another opportunity.
In the meantime, what do you do when you can't Jeep trail?...you go to the circus, that is what i am going to do today.
Saludos to eveybody, until our next adventure.
Homero
